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S100 Test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The sustainment warfighting function | the related tasks and systems that provide supplies and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance. |
| the four elements that comprise the sustainment warfighting function | Logistics; Financial Management; Personnel Services; Health Service Support |
| Logistics | Maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, distribution, operational contract support, general engineering support |
| Financial Management | Finance operations and resource management |
| Personnel Services | Human resources support, legal support, religious support, and band support |
| Health Service Support | Health service support, medical evacuation, medical logistics |
| Integration | is combining all of the sustainment elements within operations assuring unity of command and effort. It |
| Anticipation | is the ability to forecast operational requirements and initiate necessary actions that most appropriately satisfy a response without waiting for OPORDs |
| Responsiveness | is the ability to react to changing requirements and respond to meet the needs to maintain operational reach, freedom of action, and prolonged endurance |
| Simplicity | relates to processes and procedures to minimize the complexity of sustainment. Unnecessary complexity of processes and procedures leads to the confusion |
| Economy | is providing sustainment resources in an efficient manner that enables the commander to employ all assets to the greatest effect possible. |
| Survivability | all aspects of protecting personnel, weapons, and supplies while simultaneously deceiving the enemy. |
| Continuity | the uninterrupted provision of sustainment across all levels of war. |
| Improvisation | the ability to adapt sustainment operations to unexpected situations or circumstances affecting a mission. |
| What unit supports the BCT and is designed specifically to the type of BCT | BSB |
| BSB Includes: | HHC, Distro CO, Maint CO, Medical Company (BSMC), Forward Support CO (FSC) |
| Direct Support | a force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance. *positioned by and has priorities of support established by the supported unit. |
| General support | iven to the supported force as a whole and not to any particular subdivision of it. *positioned and have priorities established by their parent unit. |
| Reinforcing (support relationship) | requiring a force to support another supporting unit. Only like units; *A unit that is reinforcing has priorities of support established by the reinforced unit, then the parent unit. |
| General support reinforcing | support relationship assigned to a unit to support the force as a whole and to reinforce another similar-type unit. *has priorities established by its parent unit and secondly by the reinforced unit. |
| Who is responsible for BSA Security | BSB CDR |
| Unit distribution | Supplies come to the unit |
| Supply Point Distribution | You go get your own supplies |
| Throughput Distribution | Skip an echelon |
| Why would a unit decide to echelon its sustainment support | Balancing METT-TC, the principles of sustainment, and the concept of maneuver |
| Field Trains | The CAB normally task organizes a field trains element to provide a centralized location for controlling battalion sustainment support. |
| Combat Trains | usually consist of elements of the battalion S-1 section, S-4 section, and BAS, the MCP, and selected elements of the FSC. |
| Company trains | the most immediate and reactive sustainment echelons to the changing battlefield environment. |
| Required Supply Rate | Is an estimated amount of ammunition needed to sustain tactical operations, |
| Controlled Supply Rate | Is the rate of ammunition consumption that can be supported considering availability, facilities, and transportation |
| Where are sustainment requirements captured during planning and when are they communicated? | Paragraph 4 of the Operations Order, Annex F, graphics overlay, Logistics Synchronization Matrix. Slides 22 and 23 references ADP 3-0, ADP 1-02, ST 4-1 and ATP 4-90. |
| Medical Functional Areas | C2; Treatment; Hospitalization; MEDEVAC; MEDLOG & Blood; Dental; Operational & Public Health; Stress Controll; Veterinary; Laboratory |
| Role 1 medical treatment | provided by the combat medic or flight paramedic during air evacuation or by the physician, the physician assistant, or the health care specialist in the battalion aid station |
| Role 2 : | operated by the area support squad, medical treatment platoon of medical companies. Here, the patients are examined, and their wounds and general medical condition are evaluated to determine their treatment and evacuation precedence, |
| At Role 3, | the patient is treated in an MTF staffed and equipped to provide care to all categories of patients, to include resuscitation, initial wound surgery, damage control surgery, and postoperative treatment. |
| Role 4 medical care | found in CONUS-based hospitals and other safe havens |
| MEDEVAC: | The timely and effective movement of the wounded, injured, or ill to an between medical treatment facilities on dedicated and properly marked medical platforms with en route care provided by medical personnel |
| CASEVAC: | The movement of casualties aboard nonmedical vehicles or aircraft without en route medical care. |
| Medical Sustainment WFF | Health Service Support |
| Medical Protection WFF | Force Health Protection |
| six principles which guide medical planners in developing operation plans | Conformity, Proximity, Flexibility, Mobility, Continuity, Control |
| Personnel services includes four support functions | human resources support, legal support, religious support, and band support. |
| According to FM 1-0, human resources support comprises two core competencies | man the force, and provide HR services. |
| Three of the HR support principles NOT included with the sustainment principles | synchronization, timeliness, and accuracy |
| Human resources support concepts serve two major areas of concentration | support for commanders and units and support to Soldiers. |
| Personnel accounting | by-name management of the location and duty status of every person assigned or attached to a unit |
| Strength reporting | he numerical end product of by-name data and conducted at all levels of command. ( |
| The objective of PRM | maximize wartime preparedness by distributing Soldiers to subordinate commands based on the commander’s intent and documented manpower requirements and authorizations |
| S1 responsibilities for casualty functions | Report casualty; Manage casualty file.; Appoint summary court martial officer; Coordinate line of duty investigation; Coordinate for casualty mail; Process awards and decorations; Prepare letters of sympathy and condolence; Coordinate family brief. |
| Reconstitution encompasses two major efforts | reorganization and regeneration |
| What are the three tenets of fiscal law | Time, Purpose, Amount |
| Time (Fiscal Law) | The obligation must occur within the time limits applicable to the appropriation |
| Purpose (Fiscal Law) | The purpose of the obligation or expenditure must be authorized and necessary |
| Amount (Fiscal Law) | The obligation and expenditure must be within amounts that Congress has appropriated |
| OMA (Congressional Appropriation) | day-to-day expenses of DOD components in garrison and during exercises, deployments, and military operations |
| MPA (Congressional Appropriation) | pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, and permanent change of station travel (including all expenses for organizational movements) for members of the Army. |
| OPA (Congressional Appropriation) | procurement authorization the Army typically uses for centrally managed items or systems that do not fit into the other procurement authorizations; ex aircraft, missiles, wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition |
| RDT&E (Congressional Appropriation) | development, engineering, design, purchase, fabrication or modification of end items, weapons, equipment or materiel |
| MILCON (Congressional Appropriation) | provides for the acquisition of land and construction of buildings for which authorizing legislation is required |
| Describe an organization spend plan. Generally, what is the largest driver in development? | Spend plans should vary over the year and should NOT be straight line – changing as spending fluctuate throughout the year. Readiness is generally the largest cost: maintenance cost, TDY |
| What is the role of the BN/BDE XO in unit budget management | Manages execution of the budget Ensures proper staff are in meetings Focuses on resourcing subordinate units Reviews reports Ensures deoligations are conducted in a timely manner Sets themindset of staff toward management and fiscal stewardship |
| What are the two major enterprise systems used for budget management | GFEBS: financial, cost, and accounting system of record. It brought the Army into the 21st Century by providing real time data processing. GCSS-A – the Army’s ordering system for most supplies, readiness, and property accountability. |
| What is the control measure within GCSS-A that unit requires two-person validation for both requirement and fiscal availability for certain requisitions | ZPARK – Your requirement may be stalled in here waiting validation of need or funding. You should know the POCs who are the validators to contact them, as needed. |
| What is an unfinanced requirement (UFR)? | requirements that were not financed for the fiscal year |
| What is an Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) violation | any violation of the Time, Purpose, Amount tenents of Fiscal Law |
| What is an unauthorized commitment (UAC)? | an agreement that is not binding solely because the US Government representative who made it lacked the authority to enter into that agreement on behalf of the US Government |
| define fiscal stewardship | the careful and responsible management of those resources entrusted to the government to execute responsible governance |
| What is a deobligation | the act of moving unused funds back to the general account when an expense is less that the obligation |
| What is the Army CAER Program’s purpose | enterprise effort, including DOD agencies to increase leader involvement in fiscal resource stewardship and maximize the commander’s purchasing power to build readiness |
| What is the main meeting during which the commander considers all aspects of internal resource management | Program Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC |
| Where are places that you can inject your requirements into the unit’s budget cycle to help your section, unit, etc., receive proper resourcing | speaking with attendee to the PBAC providing input to unit FY Spending/Budget Guidance preparing UFRs as needed for your requirement |
| What are the three big cost drivers for unit-level spending in your branch or functional area? | supplies, travel/transportation, contracts (phone, copies, others) |
| ID and define the two finance and comptroller core competencies | a. Finance Operations b. Resource Management |
| finance operations functions | a. banking and disbursing b. pay support |
| resource management functions | a. programming b. budget formulation c. budget distribution d. budget execution |
| AFMC | JSA – Conducts theater opening and set the theater activities in all FM functions. |
| FISC | JSA – Replaces AFMN, principal finance operations advisor |
| T-FIBN | JSA – Provides FM operations to JSA and theater units. |
| C-FIBN | Corps and Division Area – Manages FM operations to units in the corps and division area. |
| C-FICO | Corps and Division Area – Executes FM operations to units in the corps and the division areas. |
| What is OCS? | OCS is the ability to orchestrate and synchronize the provision of effective and efficient contract solutions to achieve operational outcomes and support the whole of government and mission partners in contingency operations |
| What are the three parts of OCS | a. Contract Support Integration – b. Contacting Support – c. Contractor Management – |
| Contract Support Integration | Coordination and synchronization of contracted support executed in a designated operational area in support of the joint force |
| Contacting Support | Execution of contracting authority and coordination of contracting actions in support of joint force operations. |
| Contractor Management | Oversight and integration of contractor personnel and associated equipment providing support of the joint force in a designated operational area. |
| What are the four things that contractors CANNOT do? | a. Perform kinetic operations. b. Supervise contractors not associated with their company. c. Obligate government resources. d. Communicate with Congress on behalf of the government |
| What is the joint publication that covers OCS? | JP 4-10 |
| What is the Army regulation that covers OCS? | AR 715-9 |
| Commanders must work through __________to modify or direct a contractor | contracting officer representative (COR) and the contracting officer (KO) |
| Contractors are not in the chain of command but commanders are responsible for what aspect concerning contractors | Force protection, security, and general welfare |
| What are the 5 phases of the OCS management process? | Planning Predeployment Deployment and Reception In-theater management Redeployment |
| Within which phase is integrating contractors critical? | Planning |
| What is the automated system that manages contractor accountability in theater? | SPOT – ES |
| After the contract has been awarded, the commander nominates a | contracting officer representative to the contracting officer (KO) to supervise the contractor performance of the mission |
| The COR reports | mission accomplishment to the CDR and reports quality performance to the KO. |
| Contactors authorized to accompany the force in an operational area are subject to the UCMJ | TRUE (but only in limited cases). See the Legal Office and the KO. You are not authorized to administer Article 15 non-judicial punishment for Contractors. |
| The three types of contracted support and an example of each are: | Theater Support: Base Cleaning, Gravel, Furniture; System Support: Communications, Aviation Maintenance; External Support LOGCAP, Redeployment Transportation, Interpreters; |
| List four organizations that can help with OCS | a. Army Contracting Command b. Army Field Support Brigade c. Legal Office d. TSC OCS Cell |
| Contracting Spt BDE Supports | ASCC |
| Contingency Contracting Battalion Supports | Corps |
| Contingency Contracting Team or Detachment Supports | BCT |
| What is the best way to maximize ethical management and stewardship of OCS | Leader Involvement or Selecting the Right COR |
| What system is used to appoint CORs, submit COR reports, and track contracts by COR? | Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) |
| What are the five things that field grades should know about OCS ( | a. Planning and managing OCS is a command responsibility. b. Stay in your lane. c. Nominate the right people to be CORs. d. Get the requirements package right. e. Plan ahead. |
| What is the role of the COR? | Assists the requiring activities and contracting officer in providing contract oversight. |
| Who is responsible for providing institutional training and certification through resident, online, and mobile team training venues for CORs? | a. Army Logistics University b. Defense Acquisition University |
| How many levels of COR certification are there? | 3 |
| What are areas that as a leader you should provide to your COR to help them be successful? | a. Providing proper training. b. Underwriting honest mistakes. c. Providing resources to complete the job d. Establishing equal time on the commander’s schedule for activities such as staff call or updates. e. Providing support during conflicts. |
| What should the KO provide to the COR to assist in supervising the contract? | QASP |
| Are contract operations subject to unit organization/command inspection programs? | No |
| Who are the only personnel who are allowed to inspect contractor operations? | KO and COR |
| Are contractors’ operations automatically subject to Army regulations? | No. See the contract |
| How do we properly transfer/loan equipment to contractors if they need it to support contractor operations? | The KO does this as part of the contract; the equipment remains on the unit property book |
| Who initiates the Financial Liability Investigation for Property Loss if equipment loaned to a contractor, via the contract, is damaged or lost? | The KO initiates the FLIPL – NOT the unit. |
| How do you know if a unit is responsible to either repair, maintain, or provide repair parts to the contractor for equipment provided to the contractor via the contract? | See the contract. |
| What is the main point of SPOT-ES in terms of benefit and advantage? | SPOT-ES is automated and it eliminated manual entry and provides theater wide visibility in one common system. |
| What are the OCS imperatives? | a. Command Authority does not equal Contracting Authority b. OCS Process based in law c. OCS is Multi-functional discipline |
| Overall responsibility for mission accomplishment (OCS) | remains with the requiring activity commander responsible for the service being provided via commercial means, not with the supporting contracting activity. |
| What documents are needed for a requirements package? | a. Purchase Request and Funding Document b. Letter of Justification c. Independent Government Estimate d. PWS/SOW e. COR Nomination f. Draft QASP g. Cost Benefit Analysis (from Slides) h. Legal Review (From slides) i. Government Property Addendum |
| What are some types of contract assessments? | Informal: Reviewing COR reports, walking through operations areas, observations Formal: Evaluation boards, Award Fee Board |
| What staff agency is responsible for contractor management? | contractor management is a shared responsibility between the requiring activity and the supporting contracting organization. By its very nature, contractor management-related planning responsibilities cross all primary and special staff functional lanes |
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